Indian elections

Amethi is the pocket borough of India’s most powerful family, the Gandhi's. Usually, the political top bosses get a pass in the elections. The opposition rarely puts up strong candidates against them in their home. Sort of parliamentary etiquette. This time it’s different.

An Indian election campaign is not entirely unlike a Bollywood film. The heroes and villains might flip flop depending on your party preference. But the script has all the ingredients of a good old Bollywood masala film.

Whenever India goes to the polls the world takes notice. Some of the wonder is just about the sheer mind boggling scale of it. The election going on right now from April 7th until May 12th for example will involve 930,000 polling stations across India.